Coloring Bully Melissa Swanson I
colored a picture once
In pink
and blue, red and gold
But when you saw it you sneered Pulled it out of my hands
And laughed and spit venom And scribbled on it with a black crayon You
flung
it
back
at
my
feet
Scoffing I
wept
to see
it
ruined
My tears poured down Forming a puddle on the ground The colors bled and the picture became A wet, grimy, papery mess
